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Atlanta (pictured); Raleigh, North Carolina; and Washington, D.C. are the top-three cities where African-Americans are doing the best economically, according to a recent report by…

Forbes Under 30 Summit will bring together 1,000+ members of Forbes ‘30 Under 30’ list with business leaders and mentors. The Summit will include panel discussions, keynote presentations, parties and “Shark Tank”-style pitches in front of the world’s top venture capitalists. Forbes will also host an exclusive music festival featuring top ‘30 Under 30 bands’ […]

The young guns of Hip-Hop are being recognized for their impact on pop culture by one of mainstream’s most prestigious publications. Forbes Magazine named Kendrick…

Forbes magazine has released its annual Celebrity 100 list, ranking the world’s most powerful celebs in the entertainment business this year. Lady Gaga topped the list overall, but Oprah napped the number one spot in terms of pay, earning $290 million. The list is broken up into 5 different categories: Money, TV/Radio, Press, Web, and […]

Forbes put out their list of the wealthiest people in Hip-Hop this week. Can you guess who made the list? 5 & 4: 50 Cent & Bryan “Birdman” Williams The top five starts out with a tie between G-Unit superstar 50 Cent and Cash Money mogul Birdman aka Baby at $100 million. 50 Cent made […]

The suits over at Forbes magazine are playing their own game of detective with the new Jay-Z and Kanye West record “H.A.M.” According to an article on their website, when Jay-Z rhymes “you got Baby money” he is taking a subliminal swipe at Lil Wayne. “…On the track…Jay-Z complains that his competitors merely fantasize about […]

First Lady Michelle Obama tops the Forbes magazine’s list of ‘World’s 100 Most Powerful Women.’ According to the magazine, the annual list is “based less on traditional calculations of wealth and executive position, and more on creative influence and entrepreneurship.” The First Lady Michelle Obama, is followed by the CEO of Kraft Foods, Irene Rosenfeld, […]

Hip-Hop mogul Jay-Z is one of 15 entrepreneurs Forbes magazine has predicted will be worth a billion dollars by the year 2015.

To figure out actresses' earnings, Forbes talked to agents, managers, producers and lawyers to determine what the stars earned as upfront pay on movies they are currently shooting, as well as back-end pay earned after a movie hit theaters.